We still have more to do (as shown below). Once it's done we hope/plan to hold some Piano Forums Piano Parties!

But first...The house is now officially driving us nuts.We are running out of time and still have lots to do before the rugs come on June 3 and the appraiser comes on June 4 (that's only a week from Monday and Tuesday respectively).

A Partial List of Remaining Projects:

Paint our bedroom (Kathy's working on that today) Paint the walls and trim in the front bedroom (front garage room) (I'm starting on that today) Clean and paint the floor in the front bedroom (so we can put an area rug down) Paint the walls, trim, and ceiling in the library Paint the kitchen, living room, and bedroom in the downstairs "guest suite". Install the floor in the downstairs kitchen Install the floor in the foyer Paint the ceiling in the upstairs hall Paint the ceiling in the foyer Put up blinds in the downstairs rooms Install the cabinets in the downstairs kitchen Mow the 3 acres of lawn, again Finish planting the garden

And the Contractors Still Have To: Install trim around doors they installed Cut giant hole in concrete wall of downstairs bedroom Install code approved egress window in downstairs bedroom Set up generator Wire generator to house power supply Install lights, south side of house (where there are just bare wires now) Install additional hard-wired smoke/fire alarms Dig trench from back left corner of house across driveway for gas line (for big tank going in for generator)

Then...MONDAY JUNE 3, the carpets go down in the office, downstairs living room, and downstairs bedroom (and possibly in the library)

TUESDAY JUNE 4, the bank appraiser comes back to see if everything is done properly, and to determine if his initial appraisal (based on the finished work) holds up

END OF MAY, START OF JUNE? The code enforcer/inspector has to come out for a final inspection.

JUNE 5, KATHY, KIRBY, AND I ALL COLLAPSE AND SLEEP FOR THREE DAYS STRAIGHT!